sequester
si kwe ster
- v requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
the estate was sequestered - v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- v undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
The cations were sequestered - v keep away from others
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book - v set apart from others
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
- Without ways to capture the carbon burned in coal and sequester it underground, new plants all but guarantee millions of tons of future carbon emissions and essentially negate efforts to reduce global warming.
- The rebels the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) sequester their captives deep inside the country's mountainous jungle terrain, and they regularly lead them on .
- If those plants are built without the means to capture and sequester underground the carbon they emit and it's far from clear that such technology will be commercially .